Things you can only enjoy in civilization

One of my favorite productions

You may only enjoy the luxury of seeing the fantastical musical Wicked if you are in/traveling to New York, London, Louisville, Salt Lake City, or Winnipeg.

What will I see the next time I venture into civilization?
Aladdin? Chicago? The Book of Mormon?

The possibilities are endless!

Random things students ask/say...

1. What you is?
2. How you get your hair like that?
3. You natural, aint it?
4. Where you from?
5. You Spanish, aint it?
6. May you please give me a pencil?
7. We aint never learn this!
8. I need for to go to the bathroom. 
9. We must finna go. 
10. You got kids?
11. How old you is?

You never know what's on the mind of a teenage student.

The exodus

As I look back at my time spent in the county, I can definitely say that living there has helped me appreciate the little things in life such as the following:

• paved roads
• a grocery store
• shopping malls
• movie theaters
• Chick-fil-A
• Starbucks
• Target
• Walmart
• Kroger
• Belk
• Gap
• diversity
• education
• integration

Every cloud has a silver lining

You never truly appreciate the privilege of having a real Walmart (all Walmarts are not created equally) less than 10 minutes from your house until you have to drive an hour to get there. 

Nonsensical...

In the teaching profession it is imperative that teachers attend workshops and seminars in order to get continuing education units (CEUs). Teachers need these CEUs in order to keep their teaching license active.

Here in the county, the school board doesn't see the value in paying for teachers to go to professional development. As a result, certain faculty will not be able to renew their teaching licenses.

It would be one thing if the school board lacked sufficient funds to pay for said professional development, but this is not the case. The school board just paid to send the principal to an Asian country for 5 days to recruit new teachers. This includes airfare, accommodations, and transportation. Guess how many teachers our fearless leader brought back?

What is more cost effective; an all expense paid trip to an Asian country to recruit teachers that need visa sponsorship, assistance with green cards, and continuing education units, or paying for less than 100 teachers to go to at least one workshop or conference per year?

The struggle is real...

Side hustle...

I have seen it all. You know times are hard when the school security officer is selling candy to the children.

Extra cash

The struggle is real...

The best thing about this place...

The beauty of living in the nether regions of our beloved country

Where else can I see a movie for $6.00?

Enemies of progress...

The motto of the county should be as follows:

"Progress for progress's sake must be discouraged, for our tried and tested traditions often require no tinkering."

Enemies of progress

How does the county discourage progress?

1. Segregated school system -- black kids go to public school, and white kids get home schooled or go to private school
2. The elected superintendent creates positions for his incompetent friends, appoints his friends to the school board, and gives his friends vacant positions in the school district
3. Black people don't pay taxes since they receive government assistance, so their roads don't get paved

The struggle is real...